The Hallidays Team share their views on all the latest news and gossip in IT and technology.
500 Email servers in the UK are said to be affected by what Microsoft thinks is a Chinese state-sponsored attack, meaning the Chinese government funded the attackers that carried out the attack. The attack was first announced by Microsoft on the 2nd of March where they said the group that carried the attack out [...]
There has been a rise in infections of a Russian made ransomware known as 'Ryuk' or 'Conti'. First reported in Q2 2020, the steep rise in cases being reported coincides with the release of the 3rd. iteration of the malware. Compared to other families of ransomware, Ryuk has very few safeguards. For example, many ransomware [...]
A stolen database from NitroPDF containing the email addresses, names, and passwords of more than 77 million records of Nitro PDF service users was leaked recently for free. The 14GB leaked database contains 77,159,696 records with users' email addresses, full names, encrypted passwords, titles, company names, IP addresses, and other system-related information. Nitro offers a [...]
With Christmas and the new year just around the corner, you are likely looking forward to taking time off, having a relaxing break, and reinvigorating your mojo ready for 2021. In the year that has been dominated by Coronavirus, working from home, and mixed messages from the government, it certainly is needed. However, there is [...]
FireEye, one of the world's leading companies in cybersecurity, has recently been hit with a highly sophisticated cyber attack that FireEye believes is state-sponsored. FireEye stated "The attacker primarily sought information related to certain government customers," and "The attackers tailored their world-class capabilities specifically to target and attack FireEye.” Like many cyber-security firms, FireEye has [...]
